Sunday Up Market Front Yard: Testing idea intervention

Intevention:
Slow Scape
in front of
Up Market


After looking in to Brick Lane, I have started to test my idea by choosing one of 3 open space in Brick Lane, as I don't want to create more buildings in this area, and turn it in to slow scape for people.

These images are from my peer presentation:








Slow Scape, intervention project in Brick Lane, Front Yard of Sunday Up Market


I implemented
Slow Design
philosophy in this project











Slow design meaning+philosophy and Buddhism concept


My quality of Slow Scape





Area
Analysis

3 open area in Brick Lane





Diagram


Congestion Diagram




Acoustic Diagram





Sunday Up Market Front yard is the busiest one among 3 open space





Desirable
activities






Inspirations:
Stepping stone
Cultivation
Chaos







Site
analysis



Site: Sunday Up Market Front yard




Elevation





Diagram




I observed how people walk through the site and here are my users' walking diagrams.





Overlay them altogether....




Negative space: area that people rarely walk pass.






Acoustic Diagram





Zoning diagram




Overlaying all diagrams plus circulation







Overlaying 1sq m. grid line helping define different area and texture in the project



1st Design
Proposal


Texture, plants and materials



Possibility of using West building's facade



Sketch Perspective shows the environment in passive area



Section perspective shows different quality of day light between passive and semi-passive area



Space Study model

Presentation: Case study, Comparison between Brick Lane Market & West Field Shopping Centre

West field Shopping Center, London : Bird eyes View from the entrance







Brick Lane Market: Bird eyes view














Print out version of my comparison case study

Presentation: Case study, Herzog&de Meuron projects

Print out version of my case study

Case Study: Herzog & de Meuron

Case
studies
January2009


Currently, I am doing action research within the area of Brick Lane Market which will hopefully lead me to the proposal of the project. Case study plays an important part of my research, apart from looking and comparing Brick Lane Market with similar types of projects (markets and malls), here are the additive case studies that I believe would be useful for my project. As I want part of my work to be a material experimental process, also the area that I am looking into has a reputation in art. I Chose to study more about projects of Herzog & de Meuron Architekten because most of their projects have an interesting way of transforming space and material inspired by art practice. Hence their success can be attributed to their skills in revealing unfamiliar or unknown relationships by utilizing innovative materials.*

*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herzog_&_de_Meuron


Selected Projects

1.The Caixa Forum, 2008, Madrid, Spain

2.40 bond street, 2008, New York City, USA

3.Dominus winery, Napa valley, California, USA

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The Caixa Forum







The Caixa Forum
The project:

The Caixa Forum arts centre, Madrid, Spain includes galleries, administrative offices and a restaurant in the upper levels, as well as an auditorium below ground level.




Context:

The CaixaForum-Madrid stands on a site facing the Paseo del Prado and the Botanical Garden vis à vis. This location has very good prospects to be developed into another art space complementing its neighbour. This area was formally occupied by a host of industrial urban structures including the Central Power Station and a gas station.




Suggestion:

In order to develop the full potential for this prominent location, all existed brutal buildings couldn’t be preserved. Eventually the gas station had to be demolished and the result was a small plaza between Paseo del Prado and the power station.



Problems:

To insert new function into the building, architects have to solve many problems posed by the site and requirements including: the narrowness of the surrounding streets, the placement of the main entrance, the demand for big open space and the architectural identity of the place. The only material that could be used from the existing was its brick shell.




Solution:

Design solution:
Separating and removing the base and the parts of the building no longer needed.
The architects lift the buildings off the ground to create a shaded public plaza and point of entry, with essentially windowless program spaces above. This sheltered space under the CaixaForum acts as a semi-outdoor space, offers its shade to visitors and pedestrians and is at the same time the entrance to the Forum.





Result:

The construction separated space into two:
Underground and Aboveground.

Underground space buried underneath the landscaped plaza provides space for a theater/auditorium, service rooms, and several parking spaces.

Aboveground space includes additional part above rooftop of the building which its shape reflects the roofscape of the surrounding buildings, it houses restaurant/bar and the offices.

Space below serves as the entrance lobby and galleries, a restaurant and administrative offices.



References:

Online Text
http://coolboom.net/architecture/caixaforum-madrid-by-herzog-de-meuron/ http://www.arcspace.com/architects/herzog_meuron/caixa/caixa.html http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/portfolio/archives/0806caixaforum-1.asp http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2008/02/vegitecture-caixa-forum-madrid.html


Audiovisual:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fwkPsH2D4Yw http://artforum.com/video/mode=large&id=20224







40
Bond Street


















The project:

40 Bond Street condominium is located in downtown of Manhattan, New York City. It has 27 loft style apartments. Five townhouses will have their own separate entrances and private rear gardens. A triplex penthouse will top the 11-story condo.




Context:

The investor and owner, Ian Schrager, has been interested in luxury lifestyle. His previous projects include high-end hotels, residential buildings and clubs. Indeed, 40 Bond will be one of his elegancies. He claimed that his users will be the one who seek for unique living experience. Problems: The building was modern boxy shape covered with glass curtain walls which now everywhere in Manhattan. Designers had to find the way to make it glamorous. Also the building must have a strong identity so that could be repeated for marketing And advertising.





Solution:
Adding protective cladding

1. Curved glass

Many pieces of greenish transparent glass were placed all over the façade to create the effect of light plays off these glass spandrels. The facade of 40 Bond might just sparkle at noon and glow at dusk.

2. Cast aluminum motif

The other element that literally draws pedestrian’s attentions is the cast aluminum gate at street level with its graffiti-inspired form. The gate, measuring 22 feet high by 140 feet long. The inspiration suggests random, haphazard of New York City streetscape. This motif is repeated onto many elements of interior space and is used as a brand image for the project.





Result:

Even though the extra skin adds no critical function for the building except luxurious appearance, it could serve the city as a spontaneous piece of art.




References:


Text:
http://www.40bond.com/
http://www.triplemint.com/triplemint/2006/02/40_bond_in_deta.html
http://coolboom.net/en/2008/03/06/40-bond-gate-by-herzog-and-de-meuron/
http://nymag.com/arts/architecture/reviews/37973/
http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20071219/sublime-insanity


Audiovisual:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T3w2tFyRT-E
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=suv8wFjST5s





Dominus
Winery

















The project:

Dominus winery is located at Yountville, Napa Valley, California, USA The building is a wine cellar for storage of barrels and barriques which also incorporates the winery's offices.




Problems:

The required space is very big (100 m long, 25 m wide and 9 m high) A building of this magnitude, may look too obtrusive and unattractive. The temperature outside is extreme, the designers had to find the way to moderate the temperature to be good for wine.



Solution:

Instead of breaking the big volume into pieces, the two Swiss architects chose to emphasize its disproportionate measures, giving the exterior the three-dimensional qualities of a single compact volume. Rather than trying to make a big monument, their approach was to integrate the winery into the landscape. Filled with basalt rocks from the nearby American Canyon, the stainless steel baskets are both an aesthetic and technical choice. Generally used to retain dirt along highways, here the gabions are used to control temperature inside, as in old buildings.

The building's "skin" is made of modular gabions of wire mesh "containing" masses of locally quarried stone of different shapes and sizes - a technology commonly used in river engineering - made rigid by a metal structure. Inside the building, the skin helps providing ventilation and natural lighting, Architects also placed a long window in the office to provide panoramic views, allowing staffs to follow at all times the activity in the vineyard.




Result:

The building is a very good example
of how to use material aesthetically but functionally.





References:

Online text:
http://www.dominusestate.com http://www.archiplanet.org/wiki/Dominus_Winery http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/mellin/arch671/winter2001/bboudr1/drm/dominuswinery.html http://www.valleyarchitects.com/projects/wineries_dominus.html http://www.floornature.com/articoli/articolo.php?id=12&sez=3 Audiovisual: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zzYm-ofnLo

Brick Lane Market: History&Site Observation

Brick Lane,
London



*Brick Lane & Neighborhood Bird eyes view





Site
Observation

December2008-January2009



* Brick Lane Pictures in afternoon, December2008





*Interior of Sunday Up Markets and Back Yard Market








* Graffiti is all over the place in Brick lane






* Stylish people in Brick Lane






* Musicians in Brick Lane







More Events in Brick Lane:

http://www.danielrichards.tv/wordpress/?tag=daniel-richards




History


Brick Lane

Brick Lane is a long street in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, in the East End of London.
The street runs from Swanfield Street in the northern part of Bethnal Green, crosses Bethnal
Green Road, passes through Spitalfields and is linked to Whitechapel High Street to the south
by the short stretch of Osborn Street. Today, it is the heart of the city's Sylheti Bangladeshi
community, and is sometimes known as Banglatown

Winding through fields, the street was formerly called Whitechapel Lane,
but derives its current name from former brick and tile manufacture,
using the local brick earth deposits, that began in the 15th century
By the 17th century, the street was being built up from the south.
Successive waves of immigration began with Huguenot refugees
spreading from Spitalfields, where the master weavers were based,
in the 17th century. They were followed by Irish weavers, Ashkenazi ,
Jews and, in the last century, Bangladeshis. The area became a
centre for weaving, tailoring and the clothing industry,
due to the abundance of semi- and unskilled immigrant labour.
In 1742, La Neuve Eglise, a Huguenot chapel, was built on the corner
of Brick Lane and Fournier Street. By 1809, it had become
The Jews’ Chapel, for promoting Christianity to the expanding Jewish
population, and became a Methodist Chapel in 1819 In 1976, it became
the London Jamme Masjid mosque to serve the expanding Bangladeshi
community. Brewing came to Brick Lane before 1680, with water drawn
from deep wells. One brewer was Joseph Truman, who is first
recorded in 1683, but his family, particularly Benjamin Truman,
went on to establish the sizeable Black Eagle Brewery on Brick Lane.
The Brick Lane Market, developed in the 17th century for fruit and vegetables,
sold outside the city. The Sunday market, like the ones on Petticoat Lane
and nearby Columbia Road, dates from a dispensation given to the
Jewish community.


In the 20th century the Brick Lane area was important in the second wave
of development of Anglo-Indian cuisine, as families from countries such as
Bangladesh (mainly the Greater Sylhet region)
migrated to London to look for work. The curry houses of Brick Lane are
known for their cheap and cheerful food, (often the curry house itself will
not sell alcohol as most are run by Muslims). More recently the area has
also broadened to being a vibrant art and fashion student area,
with considerable exhibition space. Each year most of the fine art and
fashion courses exhibit their work near Brick Lane.


Since the late 1990s, Brick Lane has been the site of several of the city's best known
night clubs, notably 93 Feet East and The Vibe Bar, both built on the site of The
Old Truman Brewery, once the industrial centre of the area, and now an office
and entertainment complex.
Nearby buildings of interest include Christ Church, Spitalfields, The Jamme Masjid
or Great London Mosque on the corner of Fournier Street - the building represents
a history of successive communities of immigrants in East End, and the head office
of Habitat on Princelet Street.
Brick Lane is world famous for its graffiti, which features artists such as
Banksy, D*Face and Ben Eine.




Brick Lane Market


Brick Lane Market
is a London market centred around Brick Lane,
Tower Hamlets. It is located at the northern end
of Brick Lane and along Cheshire Street in
East London. It operates every Sunday from
around 4am to 2pm.
Almost anything can be found on Brick Lane,
from antique books to eight-track cartridge decks
(for many years it hosted a stall selling nothing
but rusty cog wheels). A large part of its charm
is the possibility of such strange discoveries
and it has always been popular with and much
photographed by art students. Bargain hunters
from across London also value it greatly. It is
particularly notorious as a place where stolen
bicycles are sold.
The Carpenters Arms pub on Cheshire Street
was formerly owned by the Kray twins.

Brick Lane research ( before 1st exhibition)

Brick Lane Market
Looking at one of the most diverse areas in London

Here is my process and method during
first 8 weeks
1.ZOOM IN First glimpse: Experience the place (Particularly in Brick Lane Market) Observing people and place remotely in different time of the week. Taking picture and making film

2.Zoom Out Finding more information
about the market on internet and talk to local people, colleagues who live there or used to go there

3.Zoom IN Compare and contrast Comparison case-studies

Brick Lane market, Spitalfields market and Westfield Shopping mall*
*(see details in my case study pages)



*This image shows zoning and space planing of Brick lane market and Westfield Shopping center





*This image shows levels of congestion in Brick lane market and Westfield Shopping center


*This image shows levels of noise in Brick lane market and Westfield Shopping center







4.Zoom Out
Site analysis

History, geography and places of 1.London Borough of Tower Hamlets 2.Brick Lane neighborhood, Bangalatown and Shoreditch 3.The area from Liverpool street station to Brick Lane 4. The relationship ( geographical and physical) between 3 market and 1 Shopping and eating out area: Petticoat Lane, Artillery Passage, Spitalfields Market and Brick Lane Market Taking pictures and making films




5.Zoom in
Back to Brick Lane Market

Observing the place, focusing on the real time experience, seeing what is there. Talking to people, interview traders, customers and people around the area, the process was documented by filming.




6.Zoom out
Collect all the information, drawing diagram of congestion, noise, Open and close space, sun and wind




7.Zoom out
Case study

Isamu Nogushi’s work: Play Scape Examples of public building and space using in UK http://www.building.co.uk http://www.ucl.ac.uk http://www.millenniumschools.co.uk http://www.betterpublicbuildings.gov.uk *Please see more of my the case-study details in my Learning Block: http://www.classroomforall.blogspot.com/


8.Zoom Out
Surface experiment:

Laser cutting machine and ink As I have seen one of the most noticeable character of Brick Lane is Art which is implemented on almost every surface all over the place. According to my survey and interview people in Brick Lane doesn’t want the market to dramatically and completely changed After regeneration as it happened in Spitalfields market. What I want to achieve: Understanding of Art, surface and something transparent which would not interrupt the scenario in the place Solution: Making experiment of surface using Laser cutting technique and painting using ink

English Breakfast Project(Process)

English Breakfast
(Elegant frugality project)


This project was a collaboration work between me, Environment Design student and Myoung Yoon, Interactive digital media student. Both of us are international students who have just come to England for a few month and had no idea about English culture and breakfast...


We decided to
re-design a
conventional shape
of English Breakfast
under the theme
"Elegant frugality"


We believe that having good breakfast is necessary to everyone and frugality doesn't mean people can't have enjoyable experience on daily basis.


This is our project's story and process...


Stage 1
Learning from zero


1. Going to different places:
markets, streets, tube, stations. Observing People+Breakfast





*Photos of People+Packaging+Breakfast


Information was not enough; need to know more in details about users’ opinion particularly English





2. Having real English breakfast




3. Survey


Survey 1. Breakfast: What, When, Where, How? Most of users are interested in English breakfast so we decided to look into it closely










Survey 2. English breakfast: Create your own combination of English breakfast, What users normally have and what they want to have.













4. Find information and research more on internet

News, Packaging, English breakfast in many culture and places, molding, A meal on airplane.









*The image shows British Airways Economy class set of English Breakfast



*The image shows Take Away English Breakfast







Stage 2.
Clearer brief

1. Idea: Reshape the food
Finding case-study of foods, food products that’s shape has been manipulated: Japanese sushi, Chocolate , Chinese desert, Tapas, etc.
And what is the reason of using those forms.







2. Inspiration: Arts
Mondrian’s simplicity of using shapes and lines.





















3. Primary resource,
An interview with the chef









Finding out more about the process of cooking, technique and ingredients selection.






4. Finalizing the scope of work

Putting all information together.






Stage 3
Experiments


1. Food Shopping
Good quality but cheap ingredients.










2. Bread experiment
Finding out which material to use: the process was documented by filming













3. Material analysis: property of food

Cooking and measuring to se how much space each material need.
Things that its shape could be manipulate
Things that its shape couldn’t be manipulate
(Concerning about English people’s perception of food: how it could still be recognized as English breakfast and how people could be suggested how to use product by the product itself)






Stage 4.
Finalizing the design

Arranging composition, Making multi-choices, Making a final decision.